Charles Mianohttp://charlesmiano.com
Fine Artist
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1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1Essence of Painting: The Art of Growing Part 2 of 3http://charlesmiano.com/essence-painting-art-growing-part-2-3/
Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:56:58 +0000http://charlesmiano.com/?p=1151My modest background — coming from a blue-collar, second-generation immigrant family — has shaped my views on education, and opportunity, in particular. On a personal level, I have learned — sometimes "the hard way" — many valuable lessons about the importance of keeping a simple eye on lifestyle and enjoying the natural and uncomplicated fruits of one’s labor. This has influenced the underlying philosophy of the blossoming art school that we’ve created here at Southern Atelier, which distinguishes it in a very fundamental and unique way.

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Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:46:20 +0000http://charlesmiano.com/?p=603“Approach the study of art only on your knees.” - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). These words by Ingres may seem far removed from a number of today’s fine art schools. Inculcated into the eager minds of many art students amorously accepting their role as born with a gift for painting and blessed to endow this world with their talent is a notion that to achieve fame, wealth and eminence is the true mark of success as an artist. A belief that to be happy as a painter requires the recognition of the masses by distinguishing oneself based on the merit of one’s own unique gifts.